If after you update your Windows 11/10 PC to the latest version/build and the administrator account is missing, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see what helps ...

Use one of these first three methods if you're changing the built-in Administrator account name. The last method works only for regular accounts that have admin rights. This is the quickest method, ...

We can change the account type of a user account in five easy ways. We’ll explore the following methods in this section: Change a user account type between Standard and Admin from User Accounts.

Because the local Administrator account is a special account, you can’t use it for everyday activities in Windows 10. No Windows Store apps will run, for example, and User Account Control is turned ...

In my Tech Insight article in November, I discussed the issue of managing privileged accounts within an enterprise. One area I didn't really touch on was how to protect the local administrator ...

Windows allows all users on a particular computer to have different settings, Internet favorites, document folders and installed programs. While this helps you keep your own files separate from other ...

A blog for IT professionals who work with Windows on large networks. Here, we use the GUI method. Type “Computer Management” into the search box, then run the Computer Management console. In Computer ...